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When I worked on a dairy farm I had to replace my leather boots every 9 months because the moisture and manure broke the leather down.

Leather that is kept dry is very resistant to rot, leather that is allowed to stay wet is not.

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I’m pretty sure that was because of its exposure to animal waste products which are acidic and not the typical environment leather is exposed to.

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That would tend to suggest that it would also do alright in compost doesn’t it?

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Who puts animal waste in their compost?

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Or OP it’s because wears out boots because they work hard.

Wearing out boots is not biological degradation.

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Not the same corossive chemicals, constant wear, and liquid exposure as a compost. Your typical good compost most like won’t have those characteristics and likely shouldn’t either.

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